Hello all, thank you for all you share - I'm learning so much from you.
I'm in peri and in my first month of Evorel 25 and Utrogestan 200 per day from day 17-28. Felt okay on the patch only but not really any marked difference to symptoms, apart from ever so slightly less anxious and slightly less low mood.
Decided to take Utrogestan as is often discussed on here - 100mg vaginally instead of 200 orally to try to minimise side effects. 3 days into the Utrogestan I started feeling awful. I've had a near-constant silent migraine and I don't stop taking it until Sunday (another 5 days to go).
I've tried to contact my hormone Consultant but I can't get a response and I don't see her again for another 2 months. I've now made an appointment with the GP, but I was referred to the Consultant because the GP admitted she was not knowledgeable about these forms of HRT.
So I see the GP this afternoon and I think, from reading on here, I need to ask for Estrogel, rather than the patches so that I can control the amount more easily. I'm wondering if my oestrogen is too low for the amount of progesterone at the minute.
Also, my natural cycle pre-HRT had dropped to 24 days from 28 days. I would have been due on tomorrow and I'm wondering if my own natural PMT part of my cycle has kicked in.
I would really appreciate any advice that I'm on the right lines with this. I really can't function. I'm so dizzy, my vision is affected, feel low, anxious, confusion etc, etc.
Thanks so much x
**Update** - Consultant has just phoned. Said I need to take 200mg Utrogestan orally, stick with the programme for 3 months and definitely not up my oestrogen dosage. ![Cry :'(](https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/Smileys/extended/cry.gif)